Potty training - what am I doing wrong!!!

I'm at my wits end!
my daughter is 2 and a half and have tried a few time to get her out of nappies.
I've explained what we are doing and that she must tell me when she needs to wee, which she is great at repeating but then before you know if we've got wet trousers and a big puddle. she did a wee on the potty yesterday for the first time but then 5 mins later had an accident in the kitchen. when I ask her is she needs to wee she says no or if she says yes she sits on the potty/toilet for ages, does nothing and then once she's off she has an accident.
I know she understands and I think she is holding it so long before she can't hold it any more but what do I do.
I tried this a few weeks ago and gave up and went back to nappies - have I tried again too soon?
I'm also worried that because I work that I can't spend the time with her that she may need.
am I getting more worked up than I need to? I don't know.
Should I go back to nappies?
I feel like I can't go out today bacause she's wet her clothes so many times already, I'm really in a pickle and don't think I'm helping matters

To be honest, the 1st day or 2 are usually a wash out (literally!) as they are learning what they are doing. By day 3, it should be starting to "click". With one of my boys, it wasn't, so I stopped and left it a few weeks. When we did it again, he got it really quickly.

I work and the boys are in nursery so to be honest, I only really have 2 or 3 days a week with them. That shouldn't make a difference, so long as all the carers of your DD are doing the same things.

On the first day, I spent every 15 minutes putting them onto the potty. Invariably, they would sit there, read a book, then get off and wee all over the floor

But, like I said, within a couple of days they understood. They still had accidents - sometimes at nursery 4 or 5 times a day. BUT the difference was, they were trying to use the potty / loo, but just leaving it too late.

Don't be disheartened. My one piece of advise, having been through it with twins, is to wait until she is really ready. It will make your life SO much easier and she will get it much quicker. If you think she is ready, have you tried stickers everytime she wee's on the potty?? Or, if you aren't against it (which I wasn't!) a chocolate button for a wee and 2 for a poo??

I would say to maybe leave it for another couple of months. If you time it right you can do it in a matter of days!

With DD1, I potty trained at 2 years 4 months and it was done in a week as she was ready.
With DD2, I tried at the same age but she was clearly not ready so I left it another 2 months and she was potty trained within 2 weeks.
With DD3, I left it until she was 2 years 10 months as I knew she was not ready beforehand and within 3 days she was potty trained.

claire g 767 potty training

hi my wee boy is same age is your wee girl i have tryed training him he was peeing on floor when the potty is right beside him so going to wait afew mths n try again eveyone tells me boys are slower than girls my wee girl was in pants by his age i know what you mean when they no there doing it good luck least you know your not along on that one.